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¿Question #1012?
louiseh: Did you know that the robots in Roborally were originally made of lead?

BOBBYCAN: Yes. The new depleted uranium robots work much better.
Shleeg: neeeeato
Felimid: Nope. I thought that they were made of zinc.
daisies5: I did not
TunaSled: Mine still are
Woelf: Doesn't surprise me. Don't eat them.
cyclone85: And they were extra yummy!
Spirit of 70: Yes.
Narl: I would love to have Roborally.
arkibet: nope
Infomanohio: No, really?
WatchmanX2000: I don't care.
tickmanfan: Tasty
eric_s_raymond: Yes. I still have a set.
Polgara: no
jtj608: Pewter, surely.
ikajaste: Yes! And I'm glad I don't have to use the plastic ones.
TheArchAngel: more than likely
DHEK: Yeah, I heard about that.
PopeBrain: what?
Kafka: yes
aleo09: no.
Skadar: I've eaten all of mine.
tomlynch: That would explain a lot
xlorp: In my day we didn't have any of that new-fangled lead. We had to carve our own figure by biting chunks out of early potatoes. We had nothing to paint them with anyways, so we tied onions to our belts and went over to Shelbyville to chew the arsenic wallpaper off the elementary school walls.
mnv_iii: You're running out of questions to ask, eh?
Leo-T: Mine still are.
rawdawg: really, how piculiar
SFDave: No
roberto: Yes! I do have the original WotC version.
f-p-p-m: Yes I know
bigbadsteve: i do now
vampywife: i had no idea.
jaycdu: no
_Kael_: no
seretur: Yes and wheeler always fall because his "head" was too heavy
RobotFan: Yes, mine are made of lead.
doghouse724: No.
scriptorum: I did not.
marshalljansen: Yes, I did. Well, I assumed they were made of that pewter/tin 'white metal' amalgam as lead was considered verboten by then. Were they really made of lead?
Deeghter: no, I didn't know
RandomGraham: Yes. Mine are lead.
POvidiusNaso: I knew that.
Chris Page: And before that they were cardboard chits.
JasonMatthews: ummm lead, how could something that tastes so good, be so bad for you?
Superdeathflame: No.
brainrob: No
Loquutus: And coated with chocolate...
GrandpaDave: No
yoacusna: No. Do I care?
m_r_tyler: I got the leaded version.
Lord_Prussian: Yes, of course
Snappatoon: No
The Unbeliever: 42
Musti: No
Redneon: So I have been lead to believe.
skrutsch: No. Do you mean in the first edition? What are they made of later?
Bearcat89: Oui.
rawk: I just did
erli: Coool!
Basilius: yes.
KnobDoctor: No.
snoozefest: n
nexttothemoon: No.
Jern: Yes
silverthorn11: wow, that's interesting.
2amp: no, but if you hum a few bars, I'll join you in the chorus...
StormKnight: Are there some made of something else? :-)
fellonmyhead: No
AlorielLelyn: I'm not surprised
Cal Mac: Why, what are they made of now ? (mine are certainly white metal)
Scott Tepper: I think the ones I have are lead.
WasQ: no
nnf1: ashe
Jim_P: I have a set.
tragicpoet: No
BilboAtBagEnd: No. If it's true then I don't see them doing that again. :)
TragicHeroBC: I had no idea.
jellospike: NO?!
Blackwind: nope
lexen: no
manowarplayer: I dont think that is true.
alfredhw: Now that I know that, what am I supposed to do?
dakarp: I did not know that.
puffinge: no
Ryno8: I assumed so.
Flyspeck23: They aren't anymore?
gnomehome: No, I thought it was a tin alloy.
djlg: Yes.
isolated: no. Did you?
bbenston: yep -- i have the original
sdownin: Well, not lead. Pewter, I suspect.
Steve Leach: Yes
MisterCranky: Yes, I did, because Superman never found the stolen diamonds that I hid in Twonky.
Ludocrazy: Yes, just like most miniatures were
haraggan: I think I have the lead robots
skelebone: Pewter, I thought.
nm156: Nooo
Eric Haas: I think they should make them out of depleted uranium.
djflippy: Mine are. What are they made of now? Oh...guess you can't answer that...
PghArch: I believe they were standard white lead figures like most miniatures prior to about 1995.
CheetohFingers: no
BobDodgerBlue: No
raolsson: No
chaddyboy_2000: No.
Shakar: Wow, how nice, I did not knew that.
sumo: False. I hope!
ValJor: No, I had no idea
jttm: Really?
CortexBomb: Yes, yes I did
louiseh: Yes, that's why I asked the question.
CDRodeffer: Not pewter?